Channel-reuse bidirectional transmission with 40 Gb/s/λ downstream and 10 Gb/s/λ upstream signals in 40 km-reach WDM-PON employing remotely pumped EDFA and self wavelength managed tunable laser

Abstract

We propose a channel-reuse, long-reach WDM-PON scheme and an optical beat noise-based automatic wavelength management method. A 40 km reach, channel-reuse, 40 Gb/s/λ downstream and 10 Gb/s/λ upstream signal transmission on a 100 GHz WDM grid is demonstrated.